5.3 Human Population Growth

Question 1

The human populaton (like popuation of other organisms) tends to:

Answer 1

increase, the rate of that increase has dramatically changed over time

Question 2

For most of human existence the populaton grew

Answer 2

slowly because life was harsh, as civilizaton advanced life became easier and human population began to grow more rapidly (lower death rates but high birth rates)

Question 3

Thomas Mathus said

Answer 3

human population regulated by war (competition), famine (limited resources), and disease (parasitism)

Question 4

Exponential growth continued up to the:

Answer 4

2nd half of the 20th century, peak advanced in 1962-63 then began to drop, still growing rapidly but slowing down

Question 5

demography:

Answer 5

the study of human populations

Question 6

why do some countires have high growth rates while others grow more slowly?

Answer 6

birthrates, death rates, and age structure of a population help predict why

Question 7

demographic transition:

Answer 7

a dramatic change from high birthrate/deathrate to low birth/death rates

Question 8

3 stages of demographic tranisition

Answer 8

1) birth and death rate are equaly high
2) death rate begins falling, birth rate remains high
3) birthrate fals to meet death rate

Question 9

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demography includes

Answer 9

human population size, density, distribution, movement

Question 10

the bubonic plague (black plauge)

Answer 10

killed 30-60% of entire population of Europe in 1347 (75 million and 200 million)

pandemic (Ebola epidemic 2014-17 west Africa- fatality rate 70%)

Question 11

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Thomas Mathway is a

Answer 11

2 centuries ago english economist

Question 12

Population density formula

Answer 12

PD= N/A (n= population, a= area (uit squared))